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malaise

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61. Why are homes built in the path of these mudslides?

Reply to uppityperson (Reply #51)

Mon Mar 24, 2014, 08:22 PM

Mar 2014

Too sad

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Serious mudside problems in Snohomish County, Washington State -house carried away [View all] malaise Mar 2014 OP

Live by the clearcut pscot Mar 2014 #1

You do realize that people just lost everything they had, right? Aerows Mar 2014 #2

My thought precisely malaise Mar 2014 #6

Children are no doubt affected by this, too Aerows Mar 2014 #8

They're not even sure if people are missing malaise Mar 2014 #9

I'm sorry for the people whose homes were lost pscot Mar 2014 #12

So where are the regulators? malaise Mar 2014 #13

I want to know exactly where in the world Aerows Mar 2014 #15

My function in life pscot Mar 2014 #21

Central Canada, if you don't mind the cold Ex Lurker Mar 2014 #23

You never have blizzards? Aerows Mar 2014 #24

Do tell - Aerows Mar 2014 #14

Mudslides resulting from human clearcutting aren't "natural" disasters JJChambers Mar 2014 #33

Building a house anywhere isn't "natural" Aerows Mar 2014 #34

Aerows, many of those homes who are now buried by that mud... countryjake Mar 2014 #35

Can't argue with that Aerows Mar 2014 #36

Well, I don't know that pscot was actually putting blame on the victims... countryjake Mar 2014 #38

I'm not from there Aerows Mar 2014 #40

No worries. We get the same up here in the Cascades, too. countryjake Mar 2014 #41

As we say in the South Aerows Mar 2014 #42

Is this 'cheap housing' resulting in clearcut? B2G Mar 2014 #37

I live in Seattle and we have slides here AgingAmerican Mar 2014 #73

What is that supposed to mean - fifteen homes may have been destroyed here malaise Mar 2014 #3

Where was the clear cut? There were second growth trees on unstable soil. pnwmom Mar 2014 #30

You're right pscot Mar 2014 #39

As was I for fighting with you about it Aerows Mar 2014 #69

fourteen dead so far, 108 at least unaccounted for rustydog Mar 2014 #62

He made that comment less than three hrs after it happened... countryjake Mar 2014 #63

I said I was wrong pscot Mar 2014 #66

That was a cheap shot Aerows Mar 2014 #70

I cannot even believe that the Guardian is the one reporting this! countryjake Mar 2014 #4

Seattle Times has a report as well malaise Mar 2014 #7

This is up in my neck of the woods... countryjake Mar 2014 #10

Tell us more malaise Mar 2014 #11

All I've heard is that it has dammed the Stilly, slide is more than a mile long. countryjake Mar 2014 #16

Sad :( Aerows Mar 2014 #5

The death toll keeps going up, hospitalized victims listed as critical & serious... countryjake Mar 2014 #17

Just saw coverage malaise Mar 2014 #18

What are you watching it on? No news up here, at all. countryjake Mar 2014 #19

ABC World News n/t malaise Mar 2014 #20

Check this photo malaise Mar 2014 #22

Thanks for that! It's all over our news now, today. countryjake Mar 2014 #25

18 persons 'unaccounted for' malaise Mar 2014 #26

It may be more than 30 missing now, 8 confirmed dead... countryjake Mar 2014 #28

I was listening to the international headlines malaise Mar 2014 #44

Death toll up to 10 now, rescue crews pulled back... countryjake Mar 2014 #46

What gets me is where it blew out, it wasn't that steep, not like to the left in that shot uppityperson Mar 2014 #43

Don't know about the Peninsula, but March rainfall is more than 11 inches over here... countryjake Mar 2014 #45

I dislike watering in the summer but living in the rainshadow is nice. I see what you mean about tha uppityperson Mar 2014 #49

I wonder if any seismic activity registered Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2014 #54

They aren't saying if anything registered before, but... countryjake Mar 2014 #60

The results of clear cutting WhiteTara Mar 2014 #27

I was reading about this in LBN. Le Taz Hot Mar 2014 #29

30 people missing - this is so sad malaise Mar 2014 #31

Our noon news raised that number up to 108, malaise. countryjake Mar 2014 #32

Why isn't this receiving the same coverage as the missing airline? malaise Mar 2014 #47

Death toll up to 14 today. countryjake Mar 2014 #48

Here is a good shot of it and a plat map, they are 90 degrees off from each other. uppityperson Mar 2014 #50

And here is what it looked like before the mudslide... countryjake Mar 2014 #53

Thank you for that. whew uppityperson Mar 2014 #56

I was about to post the same thing. If that's Google Earth, the picture is from 7/2013 cherokeeprogressive Mar 2014 #68

Well, I snipped it from Google Maps, here's the link to the exact spot... countryjake Mar 2014 #71

They are now theorizing that with the big rains, the river undercut the bank enough to uppityperson Mar 2014 #72

UK Guardian had it before CNN Or MSNBC malaise Mar 2014 #55

Huh, they were probably too busy selling "stay tuned for the next plane update" to care about uppityperson Mar 2014 #58

U saw that 108 too, but the housemate had said she Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2014 #52

Those are people who were or may have been in the area. 1 woman from out of the uppityperson Mar 2014 #57

Story about the search and those missing, also theory of rain/river undercut, history of slide there uppityperson Mar 2014 #51

Why are homes built in the path of these mudslides? malaise Mar 2014 #61

Why do people build houses near the ocean, in the woods, in tornado lands, etc. uppityperson Mar 2014 #65

I read that one of the farms was in the family for five generations suffragette Mar 2014 #74

I guess the mudslides don't happen that often malaise Mar 2014 #75

2 more photos from Seattle PI, and link to their article. uppityperson Mar 2014 #59

176 reports of missing people... countryjake Mar 2014 #64

Pres Obama signs emergency declaration. uppityperson Mar 2014 #67